Pedro Carujo

Pedro Carujo (1801-31 January 1836) was a Venezuelan general who took part in the 1835 Revolution of Reforms and in the failed 1828 Noche Septembrina assassination attempt on Simon Bolivar.

Biography
Pedro Carujo was born in Barcelona, Venezuela in 1801, and he was well-educated. In 1819, he joined the Angostura-based Orinoco battalion of the patriot forces and distinguished himself during the Venezuelan War of Independence, and, in 1828, Simon Bolivar chose him to chair the Military Academy in Bogota. However, Carujo joined Bolivar's opponents in a failed coup that same year, and Bolivar survived the assassination attempt. Carujo was later pardoned and briefly deported to Curacao in June 1830 before returning to Venezuela that same month. Carujo organized a militia of 1,000 men from Maracaibo and took part in a failed rebellion against Rafael Urdaneta in Riohacha in January 1831, leading to his retirement from the army in 1833. In 1835, he supported Santiago Marino's "Revolution of Reforms", capturing President Jose Maria Vargas at his home. However, on 29 October 1835, he was defeated by Jose Maria Carreno at Camoruco; he escaped and lost three more battles before being wounded and recaptured at Paso Real. He died of his injuries in prison before he could be sentenced to death.